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Canada: Overbilled Phone Subscribers Won't Be Repaid A Penny

Simon Tuck writes in The Globe and Mail:

The CRTC said yesterday that Canadian telephone customers have been overbilled to the tune of $652.7-million over the past few years, but the money will not be going back to them.

The federal regulator ruled instead that telecommunications companies such as Bell Canada and Telus Corp. should use most of the money -- equivalent to about $50 a customer -- to expand offerings in underserved markets, primarily rural and remote communities.

posted by Fergie @ 2/17/2006 06:53:00 AM